 debbyski says: "But if the cells are still alive, why can't doctors revive someone who has been dead for an hour? Because once the cells have been without oxygen for more than five minutes, they die when their oxygen supply is resumed. It was that "astounding" discovery, Becker says, that led him to his post as the director of Penn's Center for Resuscitation Science, a newly created research institute operating on one of medicine's newest frontiers: treating the dead." hmmm...this ties in directly with the medical procedures I read about whereby you don't just undergo anesthesia, they actually let you die, and then do what they need to do, pump the blood back in and then revive you. No thanks, not for me! Once there was the idea of Breathing one's last breath. As we learn more we find the line between life and death becoming less clear.So they thought five minutes was the limit. They also found that this could be extended using cold. I had to get a Heart valve replaced, was iced down and recirculated.Then they had to rearrange the plumbing, I had been under for around 6 hours, the Doctor had trouble restarting the heart. While there was a worry as to if I was coming back , afterwards I made a full recovery.There is more than just a lack or supply of Oxygen involved. CO2, concentrations can have a dramatic effect, and the delicate chemistry of cells means that when circulation is suspended the... |
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